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School Runner
I got 2 pre-schoolers walking the streets…I need ya, Dad. This is a bad one, the worst yet. I need the School Runner; I need your magic. Not quite what Jake & Ellie’s pre-school teacher said to me....
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Growing Up Fast: Let’s Get Physical!
Jake & Ellie used to go to a free-play session at a local children’s gym regularly, usually every week. They loved it. Then they started this thing called “pre-school“; the gym session clashed with...
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Thankful for Small Mercies?
They came back from pre-school today with stickers. They like stickers. Ellie had 1 on her nose & another on her mouth. They very quickly blew away in the strong winds, but she didn’t seem to mind....
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Still not hitting anyone!
On Friday Jake came out of pre-school with another “I’m a Star” sticker proudly on display. Ellie also had a sticker which she, again, claimed was given to her by her friend Rachel, who, once again,...
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Further evidence that my children are smarter than me
The 4 of us have been beset with niggling coughs & colds, on & off, for the last few weeks. Last week on the way back from pre-school Jake was having a little coughing fit. I tried to be nice....
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Death: The Sequel
Words. Just words. Just 4 of them. No big deal, right? Well, yes: when those words are “How do we die?” And when they’re spoken by a 3-year-old boy, to his Mummy & Daddy. You can’t avoid death;...
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School, Work & Me
School – even pre-school – changes things! In April Jake & Ellie started pre-school on a trial basis for a few hours & a few days a week; this term they’re there for the full 5 days. We’ve been...
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A Special Treat
Usually the Mummy takes Jake & Ellie into pre-school in the mornings on the way to her work, but last Thursday she had to leave early so I was on duty. They were fine; it was fine. Walking up the...
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The Gallery: New
New. Where do I start? We’ve had lots of ‘new’ here lately! Little car has a new clutch. It broke down while I was driving off to get it fixed & I had to be towed to the garage by the AA. It also...
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Blackberries
For the first 2 years of your lives we all lived together in our big house in the Midlands. The “big old house”, with the big old garden. You don’t remember it. I do. I remember how I was your...
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